1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, 
EREMOSTACHYS. According to Sir J. D. Hooker, 
twenty-seven species, all natives of Western Asia, are 
included in this genus. Calyx teeth five; corolla tube 
included ; stamens four. 
EREMURWUS. Syns. Ammolirion, Henningia. These 
stately plants, with their enormous spikes of flowers, are 
worthy of the attention of the hardy plant lover. All 
Fic. 371. EREMURUS HIMALAICUS, 
are fairly hardy, and will thrive in good, well-drained 
soil. Their greatest enemy is frost in spring, followed by 
warm sun and cutting winds. .This should be studied at 
planting time. Eremuruses are best planted in autumn, 
and they should be disturbed as little as possible. Increased 
&c. 347 
Eremurus—continued. 
by division in autumn. ZH. himalaicus (Fig. 371, for which 
we are indebted to Messrs. Veitch and Sons) is one of 
the dwarfest of the genus. To the species described on 
p. 519, Vol. I., the following should be added: 
E. Aitchisoni (Aitchison’s).* jl. pale reddish, disposed in 
dense spikes. June. Stems 3ft. to 5ft. high. Afghanistan 
(on high mountains) A grand species, closely allied to 
E. robustus. 
E. aurantiacus (orange). A synonym of EZ. Bungei. 
E. bucharicus (Bokhara).* jl. white, about lin. in diameter, 
disposed in a Moa and rather lax raceme; perianth segments 
marked with a brownish-red median line. J. triquetrous, 
laucous, retrorsely serrulate-scabrous on the margin and keel. 
£1) about 3ft. high. Bokhara, 1890. (R. G. 1890, t. 1315, 
E. Bungei (Bunge’s).* /., perianth bright yellow, 4in. long; 
pedicels erecto-patent ; raceme oblong, dense, 4in. to Sin. long ; 
scape terete, lft. long, glabrous. J. linear, lft. long, less than 
sin. broad, firm, glabrous, the edges minutely ciliated. Persia, 
1885. (R. G. 1168, a.) SYN. E. aurantiacus (R. G. 1168, b, g, h). 
E. Elwesii (Elwes’).* . of a beautiful pink, very numerous, 
edicellate ; stem as much as 9ft. high. 7., radical ones 3ft. long, 
eshy. Origin not recorded, 1897. Allied to EH. robustus (of 
are ;* is probably a variety), but much earlier. (R. H. 1897 
p- . 
ERIA. Syns. Dendroliriwm, Octomeria (of Don), 
Pinalia. Including Porpaw (of Lindley), Mycaranthus, and 
Trichotsia. This is perhaps the most polymorphic genus 
of Orchids, and no less than ninety-four representatives are 
found in British India. To the species described on p, 519, 
Vol. I., the following should be added: 
E. bicolor (two-coloured). fl. pure white, with pubescent, 
purple ovaries and rachis, borne in one-sided racemes; bracts 
white. J. five to seven, cuneate-lanceolate, stiff, 4in. to Sin. long. 
Stems 4in. to 5in. long, very tumid at base. Ceylon, 1888. A 
pretty species. 
E. bigibba (twice-gibbous). ., sepals and petals light reddish, 
lanceoiate, the sepals with green median nerves; lip whitish, 
with small, purple dashes at base, transversely trifid ; column 
yellowish-white, purple at the base inside. J. long, petiolate, on 
a tumid, cylindraceous foot. Borneo, 1884. 
E. carinata (keeled). _/1., sepals light yellowish-green, lin. long, 
keeled at back; petals yellowish-green; lip deep, dull yellow, 
yeined crimson, narrow-oblong, obtuse, with small, rounded 
lateral lobes ; racemes terminal, two- or three-flowered. J. linear- 
lanceolate, acute, 8in. to 9in. long. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, smooth. 
Hong Kong, 1886. Syn. E. Fordii. 
E. cinnabarina (cinnabar-coloured). fl. of a rich cinnabar- 
orange, about lin, in diameter ; bracts lanceolate; racemes 4in. 
long, about six-flowered. J. 6in. long. Pseudo-bulbs lin. long. 
Borneo, 1894, (L., t. 448.) 
E. coronaria (crowned). A synonym of Trichosma suavis. 
E. cristata (crested). jl., sepals and petals pure white; lip 
yellow, somewhat darker on the disk and margins of the side 
lobes; column white, with a yellow anther-case. Moulmein, 
1882. A pretty little species. 
E. Elwesii (Elwes’). A synonym of EZ. Meiraz. 
E. Fordii (Ford’s). A synonym of £. carinata. 
E. Laucheana (Lauche’s). j. green and purple, disposed in a 
drooping raceme. 1892. 
E. lineoligera (line-bearing). jl. white, very thin; sepals and 
petals acute, curved ; lip cuneate-dilated, trifid, the side lacinie 
triangular, very short, the middle one: projecting, triangular, 
undulated, with purple lines on each side; raceme ascending, 
with orange bracts. J. rather thick, cuneate-oblong-lanceolate. 
Pseudo-bulbs fusiform. Siam, 1885. 
E. marginata (margined). jl. lin. in diameter; sepals and 
petals white, flushed with pink ; lip pale yellow, margined with 
red; bracts yellow, large; scape 4in. long, two-flowered. 7. and 
on each 3in. long, the latter clavate. Birma, 1889. (B. M. 
7 -) 
E. Meirax (Meirax). jl. light brown, small; outer perigone 
connate, three-toothed; petals rhomboid; lip oblong, retuse, 
with two rounded lobes at base. J. nearly lin. long, stalked, 
oblong, acute. Pseudo-bulbs depressed, covered with fibrous 
sheaths. 1885. A tiny plant. (B. M. 7529.) Syn. E. Elwesii. 
E. monostachya (one-spiked). jl., sepals and petals greenish- 
yellow ; lip having a very small anterior lacinia, and two angular 
calli between the sinuses between the lateral and anterior 
lacinie ; inflorescence simple. Java, 1885. 
E. muscicola (Moss-growing). /l. yellowish-green, very small, 
racemose. J. about 4in. long. Pseudo-bulbs racemose. Ceylon, 
1887. An insignificant species. 
E. rhodoptera (red-winged). /l., sepals whitish-ochre, as well 
as the pedicels, ovaries, and bracts; petals purple, ligulate, 
broad; lip trifid, the lateral segments purple, produced, the 
middle one ligulate, retuse, emarginate; vaceme elongated. 
1. linear-ligulate, acute. Stems cylindrical. 1882. 
